Since its renovation and grand opening just over a year ago, the Teaching Kitchen, housed on the second-floor foods lab in Davison Hall on the Cook/Douglass campus, has truly hit its stride. Staying true to the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) mission of hands-on, collaborative learning to life, the space has become a […]
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Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 Helps Transfer Students Navigate the Journey to Rutgers
Transferring to Rutgers University from a New Jersey community college is a common and successful pathway for many students, aided by statewide articulation agreements that are designed to streamline the process. Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 has made that transition and feels she has a lot to offer other students contemplating that transfer journey. Right out of […]
Rutgers Environmental Stewards Celebrates its 20th Anniversary at Impact Summit on Nov 1
The Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program, a certificate program that trains adult volunteers on important environmental issues in New Jersey in areas such as sustainable climate change solutions, storm water management, and habitat conservation marks its 20th anniversary this year. The milestone will be celebrated at the program’s annual Impact Summit on November 1 at the […]
Teens Learn Urban Farming, Food Distribution While Giving Back to the Community
This article first appeared in Kearny Life Community Magazine and is reproduced with permission from the author, Jaimie Julia Winters. When teens Ester Fernandez and Zulema Vargas were looking for something to do this summer, they decided on something that would get their hands dirty while giving back to their community. “I was looking for […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Presents Dynamic Program on Risk Management for Farm Businesses
Agricultural agents from Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Cape May, Essex and Somerset counties have joined forces to offer a program, called “Networks to Reduce Risk: Annie’s Project Builds Viable Farms in Urban and Rural NJ.” “Farm viability is an annual concern raised by the agricultural community in New Jersey, and farm business management assistance […]
Tagging Fluke through the FiTREP Program Managed by Rutgers
The original article, “Tagging Fluke,” is reprinted, with permission, by On The Water magazine. Paul Ziajski, owner of Great Bay Outfitters, is the primary author of this article. Chase Wunder, the Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellow at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, who is pursuing a master’s degree in Ecology and Evolution at […]
ARIS Research Fellowship Convenes at Rutgers for Kick-off of Yearlong Program
The inaugural Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Research Fellowship cohort convened at Rutgers University’s University Inn and Conference Center to kick off their journey, welcomed by Susan Renoe, Executive Director of ARIS and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development & Strategic Partnerships, University of Missouri, and Janice McDonnell, ARIS co-Principal Investigator and […]
Professor and Founding Director of the Rutgers Equine Science Center Karyn Malinowski Retires After 47 Years
Karyn Malinowski, equine sciences extension specialist and professor, retired on June 30, after 47 years at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. She is a triple alumna of Rutgers, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in animal sciences and a doctoral degree in zoology. At the time of her work towards her doctoral […]
Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program Wins North American Agrivoltaics “Solar Farm of 2025″ Award
The North American Agrivoltaics Awards (NAAA) program announced on August 5 that Rutgers’ work in agrivoltaics had won its “Solar Farm of 2025” award. For the past several years, a project at Rutgers University, the Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program (RAP), has been focused on “agrivoltaics,” also known as “dual-use” solar, and is showing that a farm’s […]
Rutgers Unveils “Scarlet Sunrise,” a Sweet Bicolor Grape Tomato
After nearly a decade of painstaking research, a new tomato variety is ready for its moment in the sun. “Scarlet Sunrise,” a bicolor grape tomato developed through a long collaboration between Rutgers researchers Peter Nitzsche and Tom Orton, is a sweet, crack-resistant tomato with a golden hue and a reddish blush. Its name is meant to be evocative […]
